314: Angela Ledyard - Creating a Community for Black Female Landscape Photographers - a podcast by Matt Payne

from 2023-04-24T04:00

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Finding our people is something I think we all strive for. For some of us, this is easy and for others, it can be quite difficult. In the landscape and nature photography community, there are well-established cliques of people who photograph together frequently, often comprised of white men. Why this is the case has always been a mystery to me; however, I genuinely always want to put myself in the shoes of others who are not like me to understand what it is like to live like them.


This week I had the pleasure of hanging out and chatting with Angela Ledyard. Angela is a landscape photographer living in Texas, originally from Ohio. She recently created a group called the Black Female Landscape & Nature Photographers, which has become a prominent community and beacon for African American nature photographers. It was awesome hearing her story and to hear about why and how she created the group. I think you'll enjoy our chat.


On this week's episode, we discuss:


  • Angela's journey into photography.

  • Why Angela has chosen nature photography as her medium.

  • Why and how Angela created the Black Female Landscape & Nature Photographers community.

  • The challenges of being a black female in the landscape photography realm.

  • What Angela's goals are with her photography.

  • How moving from Ohio to California changed how she saw nature as a photographer.

  • Angela's 5-day trip to Peru and what it was like for her to photograph there.

  • And a lot more!


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